Cloninger, Twila Jean

1925 - 2014  (89 years)

• Name	Cloninger, Twila Jean
  Born	19 May 1925	Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Oct 2014	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #138240399
  Person ID	I10892	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Bell, Samuel Maxie,   b. 9 Oct 1924, Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Dec 1998, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1945	Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA
  Divorced	5 Oct 1978	Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Bell, Malinda Ann
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F4431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Twila Jean Cloninger
  		Twila Jean Cloninger

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary In Memory of Twila Jean Gauntt May 18, 1925 - October 30, 2014 Twila Cloninger Gauntt passed away on October 30, 2014. She was born May 18, 1925, in Vernon, Texas, the eldest daughter of Barney Cloninger and Ann Freudiger Cloninger. She was raised in Vernon and attended college for one year at West Texas State in Canyon, Texas where she was a varsity cheerleader. She moved to Austin to be near her childhood sweetheart Maxie Bell, who was attending the University of Texas and was in the Naval ROTC. They were married in Vernon on October 31, 1945. They lived in Vernon, where Maxie was with the Herring Bank. In the late 1960s, they moved to Duncanville, Texas where Maxie was President of the First National Bank of Duncanville. After her divorce Twila became a highly successful realtor in Duncanville. She loved her career and her home on Green Valley Lane in Duncanville. She founded the Duncanville chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and was on the Dallas Symphony Board. She had recently resided at Champions Cove in Duncanville. She had many friends in Duncanville who will miss her. She is survived by her daughter, Malinda Allison of Honey Grove, Texas, her grandson Robert Allison of New York City, and her sister, Francis Johnson and her nephew Rory Ray of Granbury, Texas. She was preceded in death by Maxie Bell and by her second husband, James Gauntt. Graveside services will be Friday, November 7 at 2:00 at the National Cemetery of Dallas-Fort Worth. The family suggests memorials to the First Presbyterian Church in Vernon and the Duncanville Daughters of the American Revolution.